“Our Ukrainian friends are constantly trying to bring this topic (with Nord Stream 2) to the level of such hysteria.
It has become a habit for them, a rule - to beg for something from the West.
Here is Nord Stream: stop it!
But if you cannot stop, then give us money as compensation ... And let us into NATO, into the European Union, we are ready for a long time.
Begging and begging, "- quoted by RIA Novosti Lavrov.
According to him, the country should have "some kind of dignity of its own."
“The Ukrainian people with a rich history deserve to be a creator, not a supplicant with a constantly outstretched hand,” added Lavrov.
Earlier in Kiev, they said they hoped to sign a separate document on guarantees from the West after the introduction of Nord Stream 2 into operation.
The construction of the gas pipeline was fully completed on the morning of September 10.
As noted in the State Department, Washington will not stop efforts to influence the project.
Also, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the YES Brainstorming forum announced Ukraine's readiness to join NATO.